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{{Infobox album
| name       = Extra Virgin
| type       = studio
| artist     = [[Olive (band)|Olive]]
| cover      = Olive-extravirgin.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = 1996
| recorded   = 1994–January 1996
| studio     =
| genre      = {{hlist|[[Trip hop]]|[[breakbeat]]|[[drum and bass]]}}
| length     = 57:06
| label      = [[RCA Records|RCA]]
| producer   = {{hlist|[[Robin Taylor-Firth]]|[[Tim Kellett]]}}
| prev_title =
| prev_year  =
| next_title = [[Trickle]]
| next_year  = 2000
| misc       = {{Singles
| name        = Extra Virgin
| type        = studio
| single1     = [[Miracle (Olive song)|Miracle]]
| single1date = June 1996
| single2     = [[You're Not Alone (Olive song)|You're Not Alone]]
| single2date = August 1996
| single3     = [[Outlaw (Olive song)|Outlaw]]
| single3date = August 1997
}}
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1      = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r260749|pure_url=yes}} AllMusic review]</ref>
| rev2      = ''[[Music Week]]'' <small>(1996)</small>
| rev2score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1996/Music-Week-1996-08-24.pdf|first=|last=|title=Reviews: Albums|magazine=[[Music Week]]|date=1996-08-24|page=23|accessdate=2021-09-05}}</ref>
| rev3      = ''[[Music Week]]'' <small>(1997)</small>
| rev3score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine|first=|last=|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1997/Music-Week-1997-05-10.pdf|title=Reviews: Albums|magazine=[[Music Week]]|date=1997-05-10|page=40|accessdate=2022-05-16}}</ref>
| rev4      = ''[[Muzik]]''
| rev4Score = {{Rating|2|5}}<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Redmond |first=Peter |date=October 1996 |title=Olive: ''Extra Virgin'' |url=http://www.muzikmagazine.co.uk/issues/muzik017_october_1996.pdf |magazine=[[Muzik]] |issue=17 |page=124 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220403133658/http://www.muzikmagazine.co.uk/issues/muzik017_october_1996.pdf |archive-date=3 April 2022 |access-date=16 July 2022}}</ref>
| rev5      = ''[[People (magazine)|People]]''
| rev5score = (favourable)<ref name="people">Helligar, Jeremy (27 October 1997). "Picks & Pans". ''[[People (magazine)|People]]''. Vol. 48. Issue 17.</ref>
| rev6      = ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]''
| rev6score = 5.2/10<ref>[http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/20567/Olive_Extra_Virgin Pitchfork Media review]{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
| rev7      = ''Synthesis''
| rev7score = (favourable)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.synthesis.net/music/story.php?type=band&id=335 |title=Synthesis review |access-date=2006-08-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070926214541/http://www.synthesis.net/music/story.php?type=band&id=335 |archive-date=2007-09-26 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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'''''Extra Virgin''''' is the debut album by British [[trip hop]] band [[Olive (band)|Olive]], originally released in 1996. The album includes the single "[[You're Not Alone (Olive song)|You're Not Alone]]", which originally reached number 42 in the [[UK Singles Chart]] in 1996 and when re-released in 1997 it reached number one.<ref name="officialcharts.com">{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/1597/olive/|title=OLIVE - full Official Chart History - Official Charts Company|website=www.officialcharts.com|accessdate=11 February 2019}}</ref> Two other singles were released from the album: "[[Outlaw (Olive song)|Outlaw]]" (UK No. 14) and "[[Miracle (Olive song)|Miracle]]" (UK No. 41).<ref name="officialcharts.com"/> The trip hop influence of [[Massive Attack]] and [[Portishead (band)|Portishead]], while in small quantities, are evident, mixed in with synth-based electronic dance.
The album was re-released in 1997 following the success of "You're Not Alone" and peaked at number 15 on the [[UK Albums Chart]].<ref name="officialcharts.com"/>
==Recording==
[[Synthesizers]] used on the album are a [[Roland Juno-60]], an [[E-mu Systems]] Vintage Keys, and an [[Akai S3000XL]] [[sampler (musical instrument)|sampler]]. Mixing was done on a [[Mackie (company)|Mackie]] [[mixing console]].<ref name="themix">{{cite web | author = Robinson, Dave | url = http://sys.bumpclub.ee/olive/ | title = People: Olive | publisher = The Mix | accessdate = 2006-08-28 | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20070621021645/http://sys.bumpclub.ee/olive/ | archivedate = 2007-06-21 }}</ref>
The band created some samples by recording live sounds, edited and subsequently [[audio filter|filtered]].<ref name="themix" /><ref name="jazzweekly">{{cite web | author = Jung, Fred | year = | url = http://www.jazzweekly.com/interviews/olive.htm | title = A Fireside Chat with Olive | publisher = Jazz Weekly | accessdate = 2006-08-28 }}</ref>
==Critical reception==
Jeremy Helligar from ''[[People (magazine)|People]]'' magazine wrote, "[[Ruth-Ann Boyle]]'s warmed-honey vocals offset the iciness of titles like "Killing" and "Blood Red Tears"; her voice caresses arrangements at once gentle and unsettled. The intriguing combination makes ''Extra Virgin'' a bittersweet delight."<ref name="people"/>
==Track listing==
{{Track listing
| headline        =
| total_length    = 57:06
| all_writing     = [[Tim Kellett]] and [[Robin Taylor-Firth]]
| title1          = [[Miracle (Olive song)|Miracle]]
| length1         = 7:19
| title2          = This Time
| length2         = 4:43
| title3          = Safer Hands
| length3         = 4:53
| title4          = Killing
| length4         = 4:12
| title5          = [[You're Not Alone (Olive song)|You're Not Alone]]
| length5         = 4:13
| title6          = Falling
| length6         = 4:53
| title7          = [[Outlaw (Olive song)|Outlaw]]
| length7         = 5:28
| title8          = Blood Red Tears
| length8         = 4:41
| title9          = Curious
| length9         = 4:57
| title10         = You Are Nothing
| length10        = 4:17
| title11         = Muted
| length11        = 3:36
| title12         = I Don't Think So
| length12        = 3:54
}}
==Personnel==
'''Olive'''
* [[Ruth-Ann Boyle]] – vocals
* [[Tim Kellett]] – [[flugelhorn]], keyboards, trumpet
* [[Robin Taylor-Firth]] – keyboards
'''Other musicians'''
* Darren Campbell – bass guitar
* [[Duke Quartet]] – [[string instrument|strings]]:
** Louise Fuller – violin
** Richard Koster – violin
** Ivan McCready – [[cello]]
** [[John Metcalfe (composer)|John Metcalfe]] – [[viola]]
* Tony Foster – bass, guitar
* Adrian Hackett – drums
* George Lambert – [[Equalization (audio)|digital EQ]]
* Henrik Linnermann – flute
* James McNichol – assistant [[Audio engineer|engineer]]
* Omith Mukherjee – guitar
* [[Heitor Pereira|Heitor Teixeira Pereira]] – guitar
* Geoff Pesche – [[audio mastering|mastering]]
* David F. Revill – engineer
* Mark Sheridan – flute, guitar
* [[Leon Zervos]] – mastering
Metcalfe had previously played for [[The Durutti Column]] alongside Kellett, as had Pereira for [[Simply Red]].
==Charts and sales==
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|+ Chart performance of ''Extra Virgin''
! scope="col"| Chart (1997)
! scope="col"| Peak<br />position
|-
! scope="row"| Australian Albums ([[ARIA Charts|ARIA]])<ref>{{cite book|last=Ryan|first=Gavin|title=Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010|year=2011|publisher=Moonlight Publishing|location=Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia|edition=PDF|page=208}}</ref>
| align="center"| 89
|-
{{album chart|Scotland|58|date=19970525|rowheader=true|accessdate=3 June 2020}}
|-
{{album chart|UK2|15|date=19970525|rowheader=true|accessdate=3 June 2020}}
|}
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|nocert=true|salesamount=120,000|salesref=<ref name="USsales">{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4w4EAAAAMBAJ&dq=Thing&pg=PA16|title=Artists & Music: Soundtrack Cut Gives Boost To Olive's New Maverick Set|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=October 4, 2023|date=April 15, 2000|page=16|first=Michael|last=Paoletta}}</ref>}}
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==References==
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[[Category:1996 debut albums]]
[[Category:Olive (band) albums]]
[[Category:RCA Records albums]]